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Times’ 2011 all-Hillsborough County volleyball team
Co-Players of the Year: OH Jordan Burgess, Sr., Berkeley Prep Plainly put, Burgess will leave Berkeley as one of the most decorated volleyball players in recent memory. After winning her third straight state title at Berkeley, she became the first repeat winner of the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Volleyball award. ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 22, 2011 at 10:24 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Region volleyball roundup: Plant's state title run snapped
TAMPA — Early in Plant’s Class 8A region quarterfinal against Palm Harbor University on Wednesday night, Panthers coach Amy Rumore could tell things didn’t seem right. As the winner of five straight state titles, the Panthers had been used to having a match under control. They rarely played from behind. ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 02, 2011 at 9:48 p.m. | Times Staff
Cotey: The Hot List, Week 9
You can read it, put your coffee on it to keep it warm, clip it out and use it to fry eggs on, but just don't touch. It's hot! Every weekend, Times preps columnist John C.Cotey will you bring the Hot List, telling you what's trending most in the world ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 29, 2011 at 3:16 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Hillsborough district volleyball roundup: Same old result for new-look Panthers
VALRICO — Plant wasn’t used to nervous moments like this early in the postseason, but the five-time defending state champion has grown used to the fact that this year is different. With a new coach, a retooled roster and several regular-season road bumps, the Panthers came into Thursday night’s Class ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 28, 2011 at 12:15 a.m. | Times Staff
8A-7 district volleyball semifinals: Durant shocks top-seeded Bloomingdale
VALRICO — Somebody forgot to tell Durant that No. 5 seeds aren’t supposed to come in and beat No. 1 seeds on their own floor. But that’s what the Cougars did to Bloomingdale, coming into a nearly packed gym and downing the Bulls 25-13, 26-24, 16-25, 25-17. Durant will face ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 26, 2011 at 11:26 p.m. | Laura Keeley
Volleyball: CCC takes out Plant, Boone in Tampa Bay Invitational pool play
TAMPA — Clearwater Central Catholic toppled Plant in Tampa Bay Invitational pool play Friday, winning two of three games thanks to the powerful finishing of Kalyn Baird. The senior outside hitter led Pinellas County in kills last season and is on pace to do so again. Baird finished the match ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 07, 2011 at 9:20 p.m. | David Rice
Volleyball: Bloomingdale shocks Plant in five games
TAMPA — Take one step into Plant’s gymnasium and you see a wall full of banners — including the ones marking the Panthers’ five straight state volleyball championships. For a first-time visitor like Bloomingdale freshman Karissa Rhoades, it was hard to avert her eyes from that wall as the Bulls ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 05, 2011 at 12:09 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Former volleyball teammates' paths converge as teachers and coaches
TAMPA — Margeaux Sinibaldi and Amy Rumore shared the most indelible moment of their volleyball careers five years ago as teammates on the University of Tampa’s Division II national championship team. The culmination of that 35-1 season was undoubtedly a remarkable accomplishment. But equally interesting is how these friends’ paths ...
Read moreMon. Oct. 03, 2011 at 3:25 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Volleyball: Plant falls out of MaxPreps Top 25; Berkeley, East Lake drop
Who says the preseason doesn't mean anything? A pair of preseason losses last week was enough to bump five-time defending state champion Plant out of the MaxPreps Xcellent 25 national volleyball rankings. The Panthers, which were ranked No. 17 in last week’s preseason poll, dropped three-game matches to Venice and ...
Read moreWed. Aug. 31, 2011 at 1:53 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Hillsborough County volleyball preview
With every high school volleyball season, rosters are critical to following the action on court. Seniors graduate, freshmen enter, and a few players transfer along the way. But this year we need a roster just to figure out the new faces on the bench. Never before has there been so ...
Read moreSat. Aug. 27, 2011 at 2:30 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Berkeley, East Lake and Plant volleyball nationally ranked
Berkeley Prep's powerhouse volleyball program opens the 2011 season as one of the top teams in the country. The back-to-back Class 3A state champion Buccaneers are ranked No. 2 in the nation in MaxPreps' preseason rankings. Although Berkeley jumps up to 4A this year, the site writes: “Berkeley Prep still ...
Read moreTue. Aug. 23, 2011 at 6:11 p.m. | Matt Baker
Tampa Bay Juniors club volleyball team has strong finish at Junior Nationals
The Tampa Bay Juniors 18 Black girls club volleyball team placed fifth in this month's 18 Open Division of the USA Volleyball Junior Nationals in Atlanta. But the Tampa Bay Juniors' performance there is just one indicator of its success this club season. Led by Berkeley Prep rising seniors Jordan Burgess (Stanford) ...
Read moreTue. July 19, 2011 at 3:25 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Plant hires Rumore to be new volleyball coach
Amy Rumore spent the past two seasons grooming the next wave of Plant volleyball players at the JV level. Now she will take over one of the state's most successful volleyball programs. Rumore, a 2003 Plant grad, was named the school's next volleyball coach on Wednesday, taking over for Leanna ...
Read moreWed. May 18, 2011 at 7:05 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Times' all-Suncoast volleyball team
All-Suncoast volleyball Player of the year Jordan Burgess, Jr., OH, Berkeley Prep As remarkably focused as Burgess is on the volleyball court, she’s uncontrollably giggly in front of the camera. For her Player of the Year photo shoot, she struggled to keep a straight face under the bright studio lights. ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:44 a.m. | Times Staff
Times' all-Hillsborough County volleyball team
All-Hillsborough County volleyball Player of the Year Jordan Burgess, OH, Berkeley Prep, Jr. Why we picked her: In a county that constantly boasts some of the top volleyball talent in the country, Burgess is the latest player to distinguish herself . The 6-foot-1 hard-swinging outside hitter guided Berkeley to its ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 22, 2010 at 3:17 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina